Internet Based Collaboration Tools Discussion Introducing discussion

IBCTs to facilitate discussion

Mode Tool type Software examples

Asynchronous Discussion forums vBulletin

Moodle forum

Audio-based discussion Wimba Voice forums

YackPack

Blogging

Live journal

Synchronous Text chat MSN Web Messenger

VLE (LMS) chat function

Internet-based telephony

Gizmo

Web conferencing WebEx

Dimdim

Elluminate

Audio-based discussion An audio-based discussion forum is simply a discussion forum to which forums users post audio recordings as opposed to text and pictures.

Blogger Blogger is a website that enables you to set-up a blog: https://www.blogger.com/ Blogging A blog is a website which contains a series of entries from the owner along the lines of a diary. Entries are presented in reverse chronological order. Visitors to the blog can post comments on the entries.

Dimdim Dimdim is web conferencing software: http://www.dimdim.com/

Discussion forums A discussion forum is the Internet equivalent of a traditional bulletin board. Visitors to the forum post that can be viewed by other visitors. Typically, visitors can also comment on and rate each others' messages. Discussion boards are also known as bulletin boards, Internet forums or message boards.

Gizmo5 is primarily an online telephony system. It enables you to make calls from a web browser: http://www.google.com/gizmo5/

Internet-based Internet-based telephony or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) refers to telephony technologies that enable telephone type voice communications over the Internet.

LiveJournal LiveJournal is a popular blogging website: http://www.livejournal.com/

Moodle forum Moodle forum is a discussion forum built into the Moodle VLE (LMS) system.

MSN Web Messenger MSN Web Messenger is primarily a text chat tool although it now contains a range of additional functions. MSN Web Messenger is provided by Microsoft: http://mail.live.com/mail/MSNWebIMDecomm.aspx

Skype Skype is popular internet-based telephony software: http://www.skype.com

Text chat Text chat software enables users to exchange text messages in real time. This software is also known as Online chat or .

vBulletin vBulletin is proprietary discussion forum software: http://www.vbulletin.com/ VLE (LMS) chat function This is a text chat function built into the VLE (LMS).

Web conferencing Web conferencing software is used to conduct live presentations over the Internet. Typically the host will broadcast their voice combined with a visual presentation of some type. Viewers contribute to the presentation via text chat or internet-based telephony

WebEx WebEx is a web conferencing system provided by Cisco Systems: http://www.webex.co.uk/

Wimba Voice Wimba voice is an audio-based discussion forum: http://www.wimba.com/products/wimba_voice/

YackPack YackPack is an audio-based discussion forum: http://www.yackpack.com/